SALVER WINNERS: Viv Bell (left) and Teresa Lewis (right) won the Duncombe salver women's 36-hole net eclectic title at Poverty Bay Golf Club on Sunday. They are pictured with sponsor Karen Crosby, the daughter of Evelyn Duncombe, who the 24-year-old competition is in memory of. Picture supplied
His handicap was too high to make the championship 16 so Dion Milner claimed the second 16 honours instead at the Ray Scragg Motors King of the Coast men's open over the weekend.
Milner, a multiple winner of the first 16 championship, beat Mahia's Wade Wesche 3 and 2 in the matchplay final of the Cook Handicap second 16.
Scott Cranswick made it a title double for the host course in beating Toby Williams (Poverty Bay) 4 and 3 in the Uawa Handicap third 16 final.
The visitors got their hands on one of the section crowns, with Kawerau's Ricky Bowen thumping Tahunga's Ben Johnson 6 and 5 in the Hauiti Handicap fourth 16 decider.
Poverty Bay's William Brown won the championship 16 final, beating Andrew Higham 1-up. More on Brown's win on today's back page.
It was another successful edition of the popular two-day tournament despite the interruption of Covid-19 on the district golfing calendar.
There was high praise for the course after the Uawa area was hit by heavy rain, which caused severe damage to Coast roads and land the previous weekend.
SUNDAY — Ray Scragg Motors King of the Coast men's open, King of the Coast Championship 16, final: William Brown def Andrew Higham.
Third: Tini Hawea.
Flight: Nathaniel Cassidy from Dwayne Russell.
Plate: Kurtis Cortesi.
Consolation: Tuakana August.
Cook Handicap second 16, final: Dion Milner def Wade Wesche.
Third: Chris Taurima.
Flight: Tony Green from Tere Lincoln.
Plate: Bruce Yates.
Consolation: Taine Lincoln.
Uawa Handicap third 16, final: Scott Cranswick def Toby Williams.
Third: Hamish Harris.
Flight: Tim Petro from Ashley Hindmarsh.
Plate: Dave Hubbard.
Consolation: Mark Watts.
Hauiti Handicap fourth 16, final: Ricky Bowen def Ben Johnson.
Third: Labour Taurima.
Flight: Wayne Boyd from Joe Lincoln.
Plate: Roly Smith.
Consolation: Paul Hubbard.
Sundays are becoming Groundhog Day at Te Puia, thanks to Hazel Miratana and James Forrester.
For the third time running, the pair took the individual honours in their respective competitions.
And they did it emphatically.
Miratana won the women's net with 93-23-70, eight shots clear of the pack.
Forrester won the men's net with 38 points, with six points of daylight back to runner-up Nehe Dewes.
There were Makarika Cup men's matchplay wins to Kahu Waitoa over Dick Cook and Dewes over Peter Harrison.
The cup continues this Sunday with Waitoa taking on Dewes and Mark Higham facing the challenge of bringing Forrester's streak to an end.
SUNDAY —Women's LGU/net: H Miratana 93-23-70, G Roberts 92-14-78, H McClutchie 109-27-82.
Putting: I Ngarimu 30, H Miratana 30, A Cook 33.
Men's stableford: J Forrester 38, N Dewes 32, K Waitoa 31, J Devery 30.
Twos: J Forrester, N Dewes.
Makarika Cup men's matchplay: K Waitoa def D Cook, N Dewes def P Harrison.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, round 3 of Captain's competition/LGU/putting for women, Makarika Cup matches (K Waitoa v N Dewes, J Forrester v M Higham) and stableford for men.
WHILE several Patutahi members were flying the club flag at the King of the Coast, Chris Beattie and the Johnstons were riding high at home.
Beattie won the senior men's net on Sunday with 68 while Peter Johnston topped division 2 with 67 and Denise Johnston was best of the women on 76.
SUNDAY — Men's net, senior division: C Beattie 68, S Skudder 69, G Brown 72, T Reeves 76.
Junior division: P Johnston 67, C Brown 68, A Nimmo 72, M de Luze 74.
Women's net: D Johnston 76, H Pomana 80.
FRIDAY —Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: O Willimott 22, P Milner 21, C Beattie 20, G Brown 18, J Neilson 18.
Junior division: I Tietjen 22, G Munro 20, J Blair 18, A Nimmo 18, B Tietjen 18.
Who needs woods or hybrids?
Larry Green didn't as he warmed up for the club championships by winning the all-irons stableford on Sunday.
Green had 34 points, three ahead of Percy Milner.
The club champs start on Sunday.
SUNDAY — All-irons stableford: L Green 34, P Milner 31, A Tamanui-Nunn 31, V Grace 28.
Twos: U Chambers.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, club championships.
Gay Young and Mary Allan collected the silverware at the Women's 27-hole Silver and Bronze and 9-hole Tournament yesterday.
Young's total of 136 won her the AB&J Trophy for the 27-hole gross in the silver division.
Allan's 146 was the best bronze division gross and earned her the Meg Harper Salver.
Sally Spence won the silver net and Viv Bell the stableford.
Vonnie Fletcher's bronze division net win included 98-29-69 for her opening 18 holes.
Pen Wanklyn won the stableford, along with the approach on the sixth hole and the best third on the fifth in her division.
The 9-hole division winners were Marg Colebourne (gross), Rose Pettigrew (net) and Jenny Loffler (stableford).
Bell's success followed on from the weekend when she combined with Teresa Lewis to win a tightly-contested Duncombe Salver women's 36-hole best net eclectic.
The pair posted 62 over the two days to win by just one from Pip Dymock and Pauline Zame, Mary Allan and Peri Gayford, and Sally Spence and Maxine Francois.
The Duncombe Salver has been running for 24 years and is in memory of Evelyn Duncombe. Daughter Karen Crosby, a long-time member of Poverty Bay and now at the Fairview course near Katikati, was on hand to present the trophy.
WEDNESDAY — Women's 27-hole Silver and Bronze and 9-hole Tournament — Silver division, gross (AB&J Cup): G Young.
Net: S Spence.
Stableford: V Bell 47.
Bronze division, gross (Meg Harper Salver): M Allan.
Net: V Fletcher.
Stableford: P Wanklyn.
9-hole division, gross: M Colebourne 44.
Net: R Pettigrew 38 on c/b.
Stableford: J Loffler 20.
18-hole stableford (excluding top two stableford scores): P Zame from J Tietjen, J Steele, K Shaw, R Willock, P Dymock, J MacKinnon, V Fraser, R Spence, Miggles Shanks, F Allen, J Utting, M Lane, D Kirkpatrick, L Fletcher, V Harnett, A Gemmell, S Kemp, Morag Shanks, M Williams.
9-hole stableford (excluding top 9-hole stableford score): R Dymock from J Alderson, A Sutton, C McDonald, J French, B Dickson, J Newman.
Approach on 6: G Young, V Fraser, P Wanklyn.
Best third shot on 5: S Spence, J Steele, P Wanklyn.
9-holers' best third shot on 18: M Colebourne.
9-holers' approach on 11: J French.
Twos: P Dymock, V Bell.
LGU, silver division: G Young 73.
Bronze 1: J MacKinnon 76.
Bronze 2: V Fletcher 69.
SUNDAY — Duncombe Salver women's 36-hole best net eclectic: V Bell/T Lewis 62, P Dymock/P Zame 63, M Allan/P Gayford 63, S Spence/M Francois 63, Miggles Shanks/V Fraser 64, G Young/V Fletcher 64.
9-holers (over 18 holes): M Colebourne/C McDonald 32.
Twos: V Bell, M Francois.
Men's stableford, division 1: R Morley 39, B Brown 37, B Morrissey 37, J Situ 37.
Division 2: A Baldwin 39, L Pollitt 38, K Travers 35.
Twos: R Morley, M Jefferson.
Approach: L Pollitt.
SATURDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: B Colbert 36, P Clayton 34, J Situ, D Griffin 34.
Division 2: D Bush 36, D Wright 34, C Poole 34, B Payne 34.
Twos: B Colbert 2, D Griffin, G Brown.
Approach: J Jenner.
Jackpot: B Colbert.
THURSDAY (July 23) — Men's stableford, division 1: J van Helden 35, W Brown 35, N Mackie 35, C Dean 35.
Division 2: D Bush 37, H Johanson 36, S Willock 34, J Aitchison 33.
Twos: T Goldsmith, N Mackie, G Morley.
Approach: N Mackie.
Park converts Anaru Reedy and Pete Stewart will do battle for a semifinal spot in their section of the men's Handicap Cup competition.
Reedy blasted past Rob Taylor 5 and 4 to advance into the quarterfinals where he will face Stewart — the pair having shifted from Poverty Bay to Electrinet Park this year.
Other round 1 winners were Glen McKinnon, Zach Rolls, Steve Phillips, Selwyn Peneha, Glyn Williams, Steve Rolls and Shaun Peneha.
Quarterfinals are this Sunday.
Roseanne Taiapa completed a second double in the space of three weeks. She won the Tuesday veterans' stableford last week with 39 points and followed it the following day with victory in the women's net.
SUNDAY — Men's net: D Rameka 73.
Two: R Moore.
Approach: D Harrison.
Men's best second shot: P Stewart.
Women's stableford: J Kerr 81-6-75, 35.
Drawn two: R Walford.
Women's best third shot: S Paku.
SATURDAY — LGU , bronze 1: J Foot.
Bronze 2: D Webb.
WEDNESDAY (July 22) — Women's net: R Taiapa 73.
Drawn two: T Ford.
Tuesday July 21) — Veterans' stableford: R Taiapa 39, T Reynolds 36, R Walford 35, B Cameron 34, P Hogan 32, P Koorey 31.
The quarterfinals of the men's handicap cups are on SUNDAY. The draw is — No.1 tee, 9am: P Welland v G Williams, D Rameka v D Harrison. 9.10: R Grace v S Rolls, C Nepe v S Pahina. 9.20: R Moore v G McKinnon, Z Rolls v S Phillips. 9.30: P Stewart v A Reedy, A Pahina v S Peneha.
Gisborne East Coast Veteran Golfers Society members head to Patutahi next week for their latest competition.
A cup of tea will precede tee-off at 10.30am on Tuesday, August 4.
Poverty Bay is hosting the GEC veterans' Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village open tournament on Friday, August 14. There are men's and women's sections, and plenty of prizes.